These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
The Hong Kong International Furniture Fair (HKIFF) is a premier furniture trade fair presenting complete sourcing solutions of good quality, design-focused products and brand name furniture from all over the world. At a Glance Hong Kong International Furniture FairDateOct. 28-31, 2008VenueAsiaWorld-Expo, Hong KongAdmissionOct. 28-30: Trade visitors aged 18-or-older onlyOct. 31: Open to trad...
The International Furniture Fair Tokyo (IFFT), the biggest furniture-oriented trade fair in Japan and organized by the International Development Association of the Furniture Industry of Japan (IDAFIJ), will be re-launched as "IFFT / Interiorlifestyle Living" from 2008 onwards. Mesago Messe Frankfurt, the organizer of Japan's leading design-oriented interior show "Interior Lifestyle," and IDAFIJ j...
The 2008 Taipei International Food Show, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), wound up June 21 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall. This 18-year-old event, also known as Food Taipei 2008, was simultaneously held with FoodTech Taipei and Taipei Pack events at the same venue. The four-day-long food show upped its position in the food industry pro...
Trade show organizer Euroexpo Company has been for 10 years presenting the INTERTOOL exhibition-a specialized trade fair for machine tools, tools, metalworking, manufacturing and hydraulic technologies. In 2007 the show organizer renamed the event as MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL TOOL EXPO or MITEX, which will be staged November 11-14, 2008 at the Expocentr Krasnaya Presnya. The number of partic...
Intertool Moscow is the leading trade show for the tool industry in the region. The 2008 event is scheduled for Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 at the Crocus Expo international exhibition center in Moscow, where it will occupy pavilion 1 in halls 1, 2 and 3. For the past 10 years it has proved to be a focal point for specialists in tools, metalworking and manufacturing, welding equipment and related proce...
Billed as the most significant, all-inclusive, world's largest trade platform for global buyers, industry professionals, installers, wholesalers, retailers in the tools, locks, fittings and DIY (do-it-yourself) sectors, the International Hardware Fair/Practical World (IHFPW), held from March 9 to 12, 2008 in Cologne, Germany, once again headlined media, industry that promoted the event. The I...
After many years of promotion, the International Building & Construction Trade Fair (IBCTF), held annually alongside the Kitchen & Bath China Show (KBCS), has evolved to become perhaps the leading fair of its kind in Greater China, playing sizable role to further drive the kitchen and bath sectors in the region. The emerging Chinese economy has given room for sizable numbers of local supplier...
Besides being the largest American city to be literally on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago and its McCormick Place Convention Center this year was also home for three days to the K/BIS (Kitchen/Bath Industry Show) 2008, running from April 11 to 13 as the world's largest dedicated trade fair for kitchen and bathroom products, services and trades. K/BIS, organized by the NKBA (National Kitc...
The Big 5 Show has been held each autumn in Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ever since 1989 and has evolved into the biggest exhibition of construction and related products in the Middle East, which in recent years has been one of the world's most dynamic markets. According to statistics compiled by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, construction in the emirate grew a...
(Based on the copy from the show organizer) Demand for quality hand tools and hardware has been on the rise globally; while the rapid economic growth in recent years in India has also been driving demand for hand tools and hardware from domestic and overseas suppliers. Such setting makes especially relevant the IIHT Expo series, now called IndiaMART Hardware & Tools Expo 2008 + IndiaMART Faste...
